Carrying pocket



Oct. 23, 1945. M. H. BRED-E 2,387,232

' CARRYING POCKET Filed Jan. 3. 1944 J INVENTOR.

W2?? fi. 252 505 Patented Oct. 23;, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE cmmc rocmrr I Martin H. Brede, Denver, Colo. Application January s, 1944, Serial No. 516,859

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an auxiliary, concealed pocket structure and is more Particularly designed for carrying the microphone, amplifier set, and batteries of a bearing aid. It is not, however, limited to this particular use but will be found valuable wherever an auxiliary secret pocket is desired for carrying money and other valuables.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an auxiliary pocket. structure which can be instantly attached to, and detached from the clothing without it being necessary to employ pins, buttons, buckles, belts or the like and which will not injure or damage the clothing.

Another object is to provide a pocket which will be comfortable to wear, inconspicuous when in use, and which cannot become accidentally detached from the clothing.

A further object is to construct the pocket that when used with a hearing aid it will eliminate troublesome body-static.

Other objects and advantages reside in the detail construction of the invention, which is .designed for simplicity, economy, and emciency.

These will become more apparent from the following description.

In the following detailed description of the invention reference is had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part hereof. Like numerals refer to like parts in all views of the drawing and throughout the description.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 illustrates the invention as it would appear in use with the outer garments removed and supporting the auxiliaries of a hearing aid;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through one form of the improved pocket;

FiF'igg. 3 is a perspective view of the form of Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating a second form of pocket having a dilferent hanger arrangement;

Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating a. second form of hanger arrangement for the improved pocket; and

Fig. 6 is a detail view of still another alternate form of hanger.

In all forms of the invention a pocket struc ture depends from a relatively stifi horizontal member which extends outwardly from both sides of the pocket structure and which is slotted to receive a portion of the wearer's clothing. In the drawing the microphone set of a typical hearing aid is indicated at It with its battery set at 24.

The pocket illustrated in Fig. 3 comprises a sheet of fabric which is folded back upon itself and cemented or otherwise secured together toform a doublaflexible, fabric pad Ill. The fabric may be of any suitable material, preferv ably of a waterproofed or rubberized nature.

Two semi-flexible stays 'H are folded between the two plies of the fabric across the top there- 'of andv the latter is cut back at both sides to the front ply and are cemented or otherwise secured between "the two plies of fabric.

The lower extremity of the pad depends to form a tab I5, which may be provided with a buttonhole It by means of which it may be tied plied to either the neck down if desired. When used to support certain types of hearing aids, it is desirable to cement or secure a strap ll to the pad it! above the pocket to receive the upper extremity of the hearing aid. I

The device is applied to the garment by placing the stays across the front of the neck opening of an undergarment suchas illustrated at It. The edges of the neck opening of the garment are passed through the slots l2 sothat the extremities of one stay will overlie the inner surface thereof and the extremities of the other stay will overlie the outer surface thereof as shown in Fig. 1. The microphone set It of the hearing aid is placed in the improved pocket i3 and held in place thereinv by means of the strap ll.

In Fig. 2 an alternate form of hanger is illustrated consisting of three cross stays 20 secured in parallel relation between the plies of the fabric. Garment receiving slots 2! are formed between the adjacent stays at each extremity thereof. A pocket supporting pad 22 depends from the stays and may support any desired pocket 23. This form of the device is also illustrated in Fig. 1 supporting the battery set 24' of the hearinz aid.

The second form is similarly attached to the garment by passing the edges of the garment opening over the extremities of the outer two stays 2| and under the extremity of the inner stay 20 as illustrated. Either form can be apopening. or the arm hole of the garment.

in Fig. 5 still another alternate form of hanger is illustrated embodying the same principle. In

this form two parallel semi-flexible rods or wires.

25 are held in spaced-apart relation by means of spacing blocks 26. A. pocket pad 21 depends from the lower rod 25 to support any desired pocket 28. This form is applied similarly to the previously described form, the edges of the garment opening being passed between the spaced extremities of the rods 25.

The stays H and 20 may be formed of any suitable material. They are preferably formed of a semi-flexible material such as thin steel, celluloid, whale bone or the like so that they can flex horizontally to conform to the body shape but cannot readily flex vertically so that they will support a relatively heavy weight in the pocket.

When used for supporting the microphone and amplifier of a hearing aid this particular pocket with plastic or bone stays and rubberized waterproofed material has been found to eliminate body static and noise in the hearing aid, probably due" to the fact that no electric conductor contacts the body.

An alternate form of hanger is illustrated in Fig. 6 consisting oi an elongated, thin, semi-flexible plate 28 having inwardly extending, garment receiving slots 30 formed in each of its extremities. The slots 30 serve the same purpose as the slots l2 and 2i 0! theprevious forms. A third elongated slot 3| is formed in the plate 29 ad- Jacent the lower edge thereof through which a pocket pad may be attached similarly to the form shown in Fig. 5.

While a specific form of the improvement has been described and illustrated herein, it is desired to be understood that the same may be varied, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired secured by Letters Patent is:

1. An auxiliary pocket structure comprising: a flat, relatively rigid horizontal member and a pocket supporting pad depending from the midportion of said horizontal member, the opposite extremities of said horizontal member having inwardly extending slots to receive theedges of a garment opening.

2. An auxiliary pocket structure comprising: a horizontal member and a pocketsupporting pad depending from the mid-portion of said horizontal member, the extremities of said horizontal member being horizontally slotted to receive the edges of -a garment opening, said pad being formed of more pliable material than said horizontal member, said horizontal member being flexible horizontally and substantiallyrigld vertically.

MARTIN H. BREDE. 

